RICHMOND HILL, Ontario, Canada—September 11, 2014: PCI Geomatics, a world leading developer of remote sensing and
photogrammetric software and systems, announced today that it has been awarded
a contract from the Canadian Space Agency to develop a commercial end-to-end interferometric
processing capability for environmental monitoring.
This contract will allow PCI to develop
a commercial, end-to-end interferometric processing and visualization
capability designed to significantly reduce the processing requirements and
operational constraints encountered when using Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR)
data by non-SAR experts. The software will automate the processing steps in a
flexible and intuitive manner. The
extracted land motion estimates will be more easily integrated as the software
will be reformatted to virtually any map projection and combine results with
optical, map, vector or cadastral data to enhance the spatial context.
The targeted application areas for
this software include mineral extraction, urban subsidence, transportation
networks, oil and gas extraction, pipeline monitoring, volcano monitoring, and
landslide prediction. The completion of an operational system, combined with
high quality, easy to use tools will transition interferometric processing from
research to commercial applications.
“PCI Geomatics has a long history
in terms of developing software tools to make it easy for end users to work
with SAR Imagery,” said David Piekny, Product Marketing Manager at PCI
Geomatics. “The addition of interferometric capability to our Geomatica
software suite will be a great addition to our SAR capability, which already
includes support for airborne and space-based sensors, advanced target and polarimetric
analysis, coherent change detection, as well as easy to use workflows for
handling the imagery and producing end products.”
The contract, which was awarded
through the Canadian Space Agency’s Earth Observation Application Development
Program (EOADP), will enable PCI software engineers and Senior SAR scientists
to develop this capability and integrate it into Geomatica. A release of the
software that includes this new capability is expected in 2016.
About PCI Geomatics
PCI Geomatics is a world-leading developer of
software and systems for remote sensing, imagery processing, and
photogrammetry. With more than 30 years
of experience in the geospatial industry, PCI is recognized globally for its
excellence in providing software for accurately and rapidly processing both
satellite and aerial imagery. PCI has
installed more than 30 thousand licenses, in over 150 countries worldwide. Find
out more about PCI Geomatics at www.pcigeomatics.com.
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Director, Marketing and Communications
T: 819-770-0022 x 214
E: jones@pcigeomatics.com
Web: www.pcigeomatics.com
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